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[Sock Eating Golden]

Originally Posted by Arctic wolf

Welcome aboard Sock Eating Golden!

I'm afraid I have bad news for you. Netbooks aren't usually meant for gaming. They lack the graphical juice required to run games. That's usually because of a non existent dedicated gpu (graphics processing unit). In order to play failry recent - 2005 onwards - games properly you need at least a low end dedicated graphics card. The built in Intel Chipset is just not meant for gaming. Although the more recent ones come with 512 mb dedicated memory onboard to give some extra power, it's usually only enough to play ancient games at lowest settings. Yet you might experience lags and abysmal frame rates.

Your 128 mb shared memory is not adequate to play games of the likes of SH3. Plus, the Intel Atom processor lacks the processing power of more conventional mobile processors. My sis just got a Dell netbook with exactly similar specs to your netbook and she can't even run Microsoft Office 2010 - not enough memory!.

I believe the answer is no. You won't be able to run SH3 on your netbook.

Just my 2 cents.

Great post. I was able to run it while hooked up to an external monitor. Though not well, not well at all. Especially when looking at any surface ships. Dropping all the Visual settings helped a bit. But, it's still to choppy to enjoy.

You're absolutely right that netbooks aren't meant for gaming. When I bought this one I wasn't gaming at all and this suits my needs perfectly. I was just bit by a bug lately and wanted to try to fit a square peg in a round hole.

So my next question is. Is there any sub sim games that you would recommend for my specs? And where would I find them?

[Capt. Morgan]

Originally Posted by Sock Eating Golden

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So my next question is. Is there any sub sim games that you would recommend for my specs? And where would I find them?

Aces of the Deep (Atlantic), and Silent Hunter 1 - Commanders Edition (pacific) are both highly regarded, and would probably play fine through DosBox.

Check out the Classic Subsim forum http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=173 People there would be able to advise you

[K-61]

My previous notebook would not run the game. It had an Athlon Turion CPU, 2 GB of system RAM and 128 MB dedicated ATI graphics card, and would run the game at 1-2 FPS. Totally sucked, as I was hoping the 17" widescreen would do it justice. On the other hand, my newest gaming notebook just chews through the game and asks for more.

I've looked at netbooks but fail to see their attraction, other than their compact size. For just a few dollars more you can get into a larger lower end notebook. Still, if their size and weight appeal you get a nice, compact unit that is adequate for internet, but not much else. That's why they call them netbooks.

[pickinthebanjo]

You would most likely need at least a 2.0 Ghz processor, and at least 2 Gb of RAM. As well as a decent GPU.